At the frontier of vision research: the National Eye Institute celebrates 40 years.

摘要

THIS YEAR MARKS THE FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE National Eye Institute (NEI), during which we celebrate 4 decades of leadership in basic and clinical science of the eye and vision. The NEI emerged from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness in 1968 as the first government organization solely dedicated to research on human visual diseases and disorders. Its establishment was the result of both a Congressional interest and urging by prominent ophthalmologists.